Chiefs sign DE Jerry Tillery

[Dante84]

Per Ian

“Former #Vikings DE Jerry Tillery is signing with the #Chiefs on a 1-year deal, source said. Former first-rounder.”

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Teir Tart signed for $5.5 million.

Would you rather have Cochran, Johnson and Tillery or Tart?

I know I'd rather have the latter. Lopez, Onwuzurike, Seb Joseph, Rankins -- all guys that would've fit in that same salary slot.

This team just doesn't seem to give a shit about DT2.

And every season their 4-man rush seems to kinda suck.

Weird.

I would have loved Dante Fowler Jr for only $8 million for a year.

Don’t like the Cochrane/Nazeeh tenders which almost cover the cost for Fowler alone. Get those guys for cheaper man

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

What a strange saga for that guy

He was a rising star, then somehow instantly plateaued and fell off his own cliff

I was gonna say the same thing. Seems like got injured at one point and when he returned he wasn't quite the same. I feel like that happened to CEH as well. That injury where he kinda did the splits and then got jacked up. He never ran the same after that. And he wasn't a burner to begin with, but he was quick as shit.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Mecca

DL market is very thin unless they're praying Omenihu comes back.

Draft is packed though.

Trenches baby, trenches this year...

[notorious]

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by lcarus

I was gonna say the same thing. Seems like got injured at one point and when he returned he wasn't quite the same. I feel like that happened to CEH as well. That injury where he kinda did the splits and then got jacked up. He never ran the same after that. And he wasn't a burner to begin with, but he was quick as shit.

Only difference is Nnadi never suffered a catastrophic injury that I can recall... dude just fell straight off the earth two seasons ago, for reasons we'll probably never know

Well, bye

[Couch-Potato]

Sounds like a decent pick up as rotational IDL guy, the league knows his floor, maybe Spags and Jones can get more out of him.

PFF compared him to Jones in his draft profile, dudes an athlete, has a sick vertical for his size at least lol

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2019-...ery-notre-dame

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Good stuff, we needed a DT bad.

According to PFF his only good season was two years ago and the rest were bad. Kinda strange, drafted 28th overall by the Chargers in 2019.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

It's all going to click for Jerry "Killary" Tillery in year ...*checks notes*... 7 and he will start to dominate in such a tremendously historical manner that when he retires at age 39 the NFL will waive the 5 year waiting period to make him a unanimous first ballot HOFer IMHO.

[SAGA45]

I like him!!

Jerry Tillery was ejected after this hit on Justin Herbert out of bounds 😳
pic.twitter.com/px4AXbcfTa

— PFF (@PFF) October 1, 2023

[Iconic]

Wanted us to draft him. He's been a solid rotational piece in the league. Great pick up.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Buck

lol.

lmao, even.

Dude! Buck just posted!

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Teir Tart signed for $5.5 million.

Would you rather have Cochran, Johnson and Tillery or Tart?

I know I'd rather have the latter. Lopez, Onwuzurike, Seb Joseph, Rankins -- all guys that would've fit in that same salary slot.

This team just doesn't seem to give a shit about DT2.

And every season their 4-man rush seems to kinda suck.

Weird.

I mean, you're absolutely right. I desperately wanted Tart or Onwuzurike, have no interest in returning guys like Cochrane and Johnson, and think Tillery is a POS player...on the other hand, any move that pushes Nnadi off the roster kinda has me unreasonably excited.

But yeah, the total lack of interest in building a reasonable DT room alongside Jones, or utilising speed at DE, is baffling and frustrating.

[JPH83]

If Tillery is here to take Nnadi's snaps, and those previously given to guys like Dickerson, then I think it's a solid move. He offers more, even as a run-stuffer, than Nnadi.

If, alongside Tillery, they draft a DT and DE within the first 3 picks. Great, solid rebuild. Even better if Omenihu stops being delusional and comes back at a reasonable cost (which, I suspect, he won't).

The concern is if they do none of the above and think Tillery can take snaps from Omenihu and/or Wharton - he can't, he's proven he's not a reliable pass-rusher.

This will only happen imo if the relentless focus on DL "versatility" continues. That's how you get guys like Tillery and Omenihu. Players that aren't really strong enough to work as DTs, or quick and flexible enough to threaten as DEs.

I love Spags, but if there's one aspect of his preferences I find baffling, it's this. No idea why it's verboten to just grab a load of guys who do 1 thing really well. Get a proper NT who can't rush, get an undersized DT who can rush but not stop the run that well, get a DE that can set the edge, and another that can't but threatens with speed. Flexibility is wildly overrated when it becomes a room of tweeners.

My bet and hope is it's resolved this draft and the DL really is properly restocked. Would be amazed if it's not.

[Steron]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Wanted us to draft this guy so bad. Loved the size and traits. Not a great player but is a nice cheap rotational DT.

Good value IMO

I did too. It's probably a good thing I'm not an NFL GM. As you said. Not a great player.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by JPH83

If Tillery is here to take Nnadi's snaps, and those previously given to guys like Dickerson, then I think it's a solid move. He offers more, even as a run-stuffer, than Nnadi.

If, alongside Tillery, they draft a DT and DE within the first 3 picks. Great, solid rebuild. Even better if Omenihu stops being delusional and comes back at a reasonable cost (which, I suspect, he won't).

The concern is if they do none of the above and think Tillery can take snaps from Omenihu and/or Wharton - he can't, he's proven he's not a reliable pass-rusher.

This will only happen imo if the relentless focus on DL "versatility" continues. That's how you get guys like Tillery and Omenihu. Players that aren't really strong enough to work as DTs, or quick and flexible enough to threaten as DEs.

I love Spags, but if there's one aspect of his preferences I find baffling, it's this. No idea why it's verboten to just grab a load of guys who do 1 thing really well. Get a proper NT who can't rush, get an undersized DT who can rush but not stop the run that well, get a DE that can set the edge, and another that can't but threatens with speed. Flexibility is wildly overrated when it becomes a room of tweeners.

My bet and hope is it's resolved this draft and the DL really is properly restocked. Would be amazed if it's not.

He likes it because he can do different things without tipping his hand. Granted, when looked at individually, those things aren't as "good" as they could be because of tweener skill sets, but there is a perceived net gain in being multiple.

I don't agree, necessarily, with it either. I'd much rather see a couple of guys that are good 3Ts, a couple that are good NTs, a couple of SDEs, and a couple of WDEs, and 1 or 2 flex guys. But that's not what we get. We get a bunch of WTF, Chris, and George.

I can't complain too damned much given that what Spags does works. It just seems he makes it unnecessarily difficult on himself to have his D generate consistent pressure.